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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1968
Page
1
A Harris poll shows Nixon ahead 40 to 37 percent with Humphrey closing the gap to three points. If Humphrey gains two or three more points before Tuesday the election could be thrown to the House, according to pollster Louis Harris.
Humphrey campaigns after bitter convention as police clash with dissidents in Chicago known for a famed torchlight parade. Daley and party candidates travel with him during a tense post convention swing through Youngstown and New York suburbs.
In Chatsworth California UPI reports Gen Curtis E LeMay was fired from his Los Angeles role as stock prices fell. A campaign spokesman cited the move after LeMay joined the ticket and brokers reportedly pulled back during the Memphis Tennessee campaigning talk.
Partly cloudy and cooler today with highs in the upper sixties and lower seventies. Tonight’s low around the upper 30s. Sunset at 5 22 p m. Tomorrow’s forecast shows more warmth with evening values near 6 59. Details on page two.
Nixon campaigned across Texas to win the 25 electoral votes pledging special treatment for Texans. He attacked the Johnson administration over space policy, saying the U S lags behind the Soviet Union and blamed parity zeal for weak defense. He spoke in Austin and then toured LBJ country before El Paso and California trips.
CINCINNATI AP Police chiefs from six Hamilton County departments plan a Monday meeting to discuss a series of thefts involving policemen. Two patrolmen have been implicated in one theft.
Saigon leader Thieu threatens boycott if the National Liberation Front attends as an equal. North Vietnam seeks US recognition of the NLF. Washington shows caution as rift risks jeopardizing planned June discussions and a possible cease fire.
Reported calming of hostilities after U S bombing halt on North Vietnam. No strikes on South Vietnamese cities or across the DMZ noted. U S forces found large guerrilla arms dumps near Saigon and intensified raids on South Vietnam and Laos supply routes. 7th Fleet ships left Tonkin Gulf for new stations off the South Vietnam coast.
Sunday Chronicle Telegram outlines candidates for U S Senate House State Legislature Judge Prosecutor and Commissioner. It previews taxes law and order and wartime issues with reasons for running and who supports whom. Food editor Jean Scott Suhr travels to New York for a conference. Women’s Pages feature previews.
United Nations Security Council held an emergency session as Egypt and Israel blamed each other for two intrusions last week. A power station on the Nile was set ablaze by an Israeli attack, and the U S demanded strict observance of the Middle East cease fire.
Elyria officials outline how a 1 percent city income tax would raise about 1.6 million dollars annually. In 1969 the city would net up to 1.12 million, with 41 percent for capital improvements and 37 percent for personnel costs, plus sewer and administration allocations and contingency funds.
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